A few days have passed since Xiaomi presented its new one Mi watch color , a smartwatch that competes directly with Amazfit GTS and GTR and joins the We Watch presented a long time ago, thus forming the company's first two smartwatches.
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In general, both smartwatches, both Mi Watch and Mi Watch Color, have rather interesting technical characteristics, maintaining as always an excellent quality / price ratio, but to judge them better we can say that the two devices are totally different , the Mi Watch is more comparable to a wrist smartphone, while the Mi Watch Color turns out to be quite a complement to our mobile device.
Therefore, below we will list the main differences between the two models to finally give our conclusions on what your ideal smartwatch should be. depending on the specific use you want to make of it .
Project development and construction
Even in terms of size and weight we are faced with two totally different devices. Xiaomi Mi Watch has a square-shaped design, while Mi Watch Color translates into a less surprising device in terms of design by adopting a more traditional round-shaped case.
- Xiaomi Mi Watch : 44,7 × 36,9 × 12,3 mm, 44/56 grams, built in aluminum / stainless steel + sapphire glass;
- Xiaomi Mi Watch Color : 46.2 × 53.3 × 11.4 mm, unconfirmed weight, built in aluminum.
We can deduce from these numbers that the Mi Watch Color goes much more unnoticed on the wrist thanks to its less evident thickness and, as we said, to its traditional format typical of any non-smart watch.
Likewise, the materials used in both devices vary depending on the version, on the one hand the Mi Watch is available in stainless steel or aluminum , while the Mi Watch Color is only available in aluminum.
Display and internal hardware
Perhaps this aspect is where we find more differences and, as we said, the Xiaomi Mi Watch is one " smartphone wrist “, With a powerful processor, internal memory and even a much larger screen.
- Xiaomi Mi Watch : 1,78 ″ AMOLED screen, 368 × 448 pixels, 326 ppi;
- Xiaomi Mi Watch Color : AMOLED 1.39 ″ screen, 454 × 454 pixels.
In particular, the Mi Watch has a screen AMOLED from 1,78 inches with a pixel density of 326 ppi. In this way, you can view more information than we can see on the screen AMOLED from 1,39 inches by Mi Watch Color.
In addition, the internal hardware of the Mi Watch is much more powerful, not only for the adoption of a CPU Snapdragon Wear 3100, but thanks also to the presence of 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory, something that the Mi Watch Color does not have and which is useful for example if we want to have our favorite music at hand.
NFC, GPS, WiFi, eSIM, Bluetooth and FM radio
As for connectivity and other features, we find some similarities but also differences: both models have GPS + GLONASS while the first differences we can find them at the level of the Bluetooth module, which for some strange reason is integrated as Bluetooth 4.2 on the Mi Watch (the top model) while the Mi Watch Color we find a Bluetooth 5.0 BLE.
- Xiaomi Mi Watch : NFC, GPS, WiFi, eSIM, Bluetooth 4.2 and FM radio.
- Xiaomi Mi Watch Color : NFC, GPS and Bluetooth 5.0 BLE.
Likewise, both devices have NFC , differing from the fact that Mi Watch Color, having a proprietary system available only in China, will most likely never work outside of this. On the other hand, the Mi Watch in case a Global firmware is released could exploit the more western one Google Pay, although there is no confirmation on a probable legacy of ROM Global.
Finally the Xiaomi Mi Watch is the only one to have WiFi b / g / n, eSIM with LTE connection and also FM radio . Three important details that make it a much more autonomous smart watch without being permanently connected to a smartphone. Furthermore, the Mi Watch has a speaker and a microphone , thanks to which we can receive / make calls.
Sports monitoring
As for sports monitoring, both devices are quite similar. Both the Mi Watch and the Mi Watch Color have a gyroscope, geomagnetic sensor, accelerometer and barometer. Thanks to the combination of these I am in able to recognize a multitude of different sports activities such as running, treadmill, hiking, climbing, cycling, elliptical, swimming, etc ...
In addition, both The smartwatches have systems of measurement VO2Max that they take advantage of the function Firstbeat to analyze our physical activity and provide better statistical data during physical activity. This new system is able to measure up to 30 parameters of our body like heart rate, stress level, energy level or even to monitor our sleep intensely.
Operating system and applications
Together with the screen and the internal hardware, the operating system used by both devices is included among the main differences, as we have already partially revealed. In fact, Mi Watch Color has a proprietary system limited in applications and customization while Mi Watch adopts WearOS, certainly more open.
In detail, Xiaomi Mi Watch has the interface MIUI for Watch, an advanced system based on Google WearOS which is presented together with its 40 applications that will allow us to perform a large number of activities. Social networks, Mi Home, music players, an ingenious keyboard and therefore infinite possibilities that we can enjoy only in the Xiaomi dial.
Autonomy
Finally one of the most important aspects for a wearable is the autonomy side, which for many is the cornerstone in choosing one device rather than another. Xiaomi Mi Watch has a battery from 570 mAh which together with the Snapdragon Wear 3100 processor and the appropriate optimizations manages to perform up to 36 hours . A more than remarkable duration if one takes into account the fact that, in general, other watches with similar characteristics do not exceed the day.
On the other hand, the Xiaomi Mi Watch Color has a battery from 420 mah, which allows you to stay in full swing up to 14 days making general use of the functions.
In principle, one could say that it Xiaomi Mi Watch it is better in most of the areas analyzed and could be of interest to those who are looking for a watch with which to be able perform practically all the functions it would do with a smartphone .
In fact, you will be able to receive or make calls, answer WhatsApp messages, listen to music, have a system such as WearOS that offers the possibility to install third-party applications or even connect our credit card to make payments without having your smartphone. nearby (thanks to its support for eSIM) All this naturally in the hope that Xiaomi Mi Watch will also be launched in our market officially and therefore with a firmware not available only in China.
However, if you are looking for a smartwatch with which to monitor your sports activity with attention to all notifications then Mi watch color it could be your perfect smartwatch. In summary, we could say that this smarwatch is a Xiaomi Mi Band 4 with an improved screen. But is it really worth it?
